1867 in Canada
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Events from the year 1867 in Canada.
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[edit] Incumbents
- Monarch - Queen Victoria
- Prime Minister - John A. Macdonald
- Premier of Nova Scotia - Charles Tupper replaced by Hiram Blanchard replaced by William Annand
[edit] Events
- February 16—John A. Macdonald marries his second wife [Susan Agnes Bernard] [1]
- March 29—Queen Victoria gives royal assent to the British North America Act, 1867
- July 1—The Province of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick are united into the Dominion of Canada by the British North America Act.
- July 1—Sir John A. Macdonald becomes the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada
- July 4—Hiram Blanchard becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Charles Tupper
- July 15—Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau becomes the first premier of Quebec.
- July 16—J. S. Macdonald becomes the first premier of Ontario
- August 7-September 20—The 1867 Canadian election sees John A. Macdonald's Conservatives elected as government
- September 3—Ontario election: J. S. Macdonald Liberal-Conservatives win a minority
- November 6—the 1st Canadian Parliament meets
- November 7—William Annand becomes premier of Nova Scotia, replacing Hiram Blanchard
- Andrew R. Wetmore becomes premier of New Brunswick, replacing Peter Mitchell
[edit] Births
- January 25 - Simon Fraser Tolmie, politician and 21st Premier of British Columbia (d.1937)
- February 2 - Charles E. Saunders, agronomist (d.1937)
- February 7 - John Livingstone Brown, politician (d.1953)
- February 20 - Flora Denison, feminist
- March 5 - Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, politician and 14th Premier of Quebec (d.1952)
- March 31 - Noah Timmins, mining developer and executive (d.1936)
- October 19 - Marie Lacoste Gérin-Lajoie, feminist and social activist (d.1945)
- October 27 - Thomas Walter Scott, politician and first Premier of Saskatchewan (d.1938)
- November 1 - Newton Rowell, lawyer and politician (d.1941)
- December 3 - William John Bowser, politician and Premier of British Columbia (d.1933)
